South America travel guide - top five of South American sporting events

Ask all Latin American and you will say one of the things that to define your continent and a burning passion for the competitive spirit of sport is their own national identities. These days by a healthy sporting spirit, produce world famous glasses, rank among the top each South America holiday experience of the continent expressed many historic rivalries. Help even not avid sports fans, but in the atmosphere and the energy to get a major sporting event of the Latin American swept aside.

Brazilian Grand Prix is just one of many large Latin American sporting events. For fans of other sports, here are five more are that you should take your travel plans South America at the same time.

The best of the beautiful game: Copa Libertadores de

Football and Latin America are virtually synonymous. The beautiful game is revered everywhere from the busy streets of the cities of the continent, the most remote outposts in the remote wilderness. And all the football tournaments in South America, it's Copa Libertadores de, which attracts the most attention and passion. Competition is healthy sporting rivalry old tensions that transformed between Brazil and Argentina or Peru Chile while with packed stadiums of the biggest teams continent are waving fans mark endless Mexican waves, flaming red flares, songs and songs.

38 Teams come from the tournament the top ranking teams from national competitions, group stage and then the final play a series of preliminary round before joining one. By the time to start the final stages for almost everyone in South America has focusing on competition.

The atmosphere of a large South American football match is a unique experience and get not much larger than the final of the Copa Libertadores de. Before your South America holidays starts the tournament website for an overview of upcoming devices and miss the chance to see this in most Latin American sports glasses.

A touch of class: The Argentine polo Open Championship

See spectator of less sounds the Argentina for those, elegant no further than the great traditions of Polo above. Polo is an old passion for Anglophile Argentines and attracts sport some of the best players and best horses in the world.

Instead each December, the Argentine polo Open Championship events is one of the world's most important Club level Polo in Buenos Aires. Despite of sport elegant charm is the game actually demanding require great skill in horsemanship, effective teamwork to the small wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a mallet unwieldy, long armed to drive.

Argentina is the only South American country where Polo professionally played and won three World Championships, the country is a world leader in this elegant sport. There are three great opportunities, a professional polo match during your holiday Argentina among open to catch the Hurlingham and Tortugas clubs or the National Argentine Open Championship.

Riding the waves: the ISA world surfing games

2009 is a special year for a much younger Latin American sports passion, if ISA world surfing games in blissful sand Costa Rica Jaco Beach get. The games are known as "the biggest surf show on the planet" right at home in the beautiful, lively and atmospheric beach of side town of Jaco. The Olympic Games of surfing looks over 200 surfers from almost 30 battle congregate countries every year on your boards with the competition, which in turn to do the world's best surf spots.

Surfing is a popular activity during many experiences in Costa Rica travel and the country is famous for its great surf and beaches, which have become known worldwide for their quality and cleanliness. Jaco is a must-see destination during your holiday Costa Rica and timing-your trip at the same time with the main surfing event of the year is sure that your holiday memories a touch of adrenaline added!

Aiming high: The South America Volleyball Championship

Volleyball is one of the few sports in Latin America which is widely popular with female participants and spectators. The highlight of the annual calendar of the game is South American Volleyball Championship, held twice a year since 1951 to alternative sites usually in Peru Colombia Brazil, Argentina.

The sport is taken very seriously and calls extreme levels of fitness, agility, coordination and teamwork. Brazil, where the sport second only football has become a passion became the traditional leading country with occasional challenges from Argentina, Peru and Venezuela. To catch a game during your holiday in South America, check the latest games offers on South American League of volleyball Web site.

Hole in one: tour de las Americas

Ironically, it is the old Sports Golf, the most recent addition to Latin American professional sports scene that just as a permanent international tour 1999 is established. The tour de las Americas (TLA) provides a way for the best national players from Latin America and the Caribbean to compete internationally and quickly developed into a major sporting event, with over 30 events in over 20 countries and a total prize pool of over $3 million. The rise of the Gulf on the continent has a growth in dedicated golf courses, especially in some the more luxurious hotels Costa Rica contributed.

The tour includes prestigious events such as Argentina these days, Brazil, Venezuela and Peruvian opens plus the TLA Nations Cup. The annual calendar includes events during the first half and the 2010 session is due to the announced shortly.

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